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CALABRIA

Volume 3 · 94 words · 1778 Edition

a country of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, divided into Calabria Ultra, and Calabria Citra, commonly called Ulterior and Citriior, or Further and Hither Calabria. Calabria Citriior is one of the 12 provinces of the kingdom of Naples; and bounded on the south by Calabria Ultra, on the north by Basilicata, and on the west and east by the sea: Cosenza is the capital. Calabria Ultra is washed by the Medi- CALA, Mediterranean sea on the east, south, and west, and bounded by Calabria Citra on the north. Reggio is the capital town.